My late grandmother, whom I never knew, left Australia in the late 1800’s to go and live in South Africa. Her name was Rosie Tyefield and I am trying to trace her family in Australia.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Edna Morgenroth Berger 

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Except in this case, it appears they are related.  The parent's name Esther (tauba) Goldman and Moses Appeal (Moszko Apfel) appear to be associated with a Judko born about the same year as Jacob in the same city Bessie (Pesa) Appel claims to be born.  Tomaszow, Poland.

It appears the Apfel family comes from Tomaszow Lubelski

Seeking information on the Loesch family

I am looking for anyone who might be related to families from Sochaczew, Poland/Russia.
The family names are Mlynarski (which was changed to Miller), Stromfeld  and Nelson.  My Grandparents were David Mlynarski (Miller) and Miriam Stromfeld Mlynarski (Miller).  They arrived in New York in 1904.  There were 16 Mlynarski siblings and I believe they all came to the U.S.  I would love to contact anyone who had any knowledge of these families.  Looking forward to hearing from you.  Also posted on VM72798.
Phyllis Miller Hahn at ph30068@...

Bernard,

After I replied to you, I found another Mojzesz Rottersman in my tree.  I am attaching this descendants report so that you can compare it to the other one.

It is possible that the Rachel in the first report is the Ruchla Schagrun in the second report.  One of their sons is a Hirsz (Hirsch) Rottersman, which may be the Hirsch (Henrisch/Herman) Rottersman in the second report.  If so, the unknown first wife in the second report should be Estera Kronenberg and the two unknown children would be Irena and David.  My information says that Estera, Irena, and David died in 1945 in Bialystok, but if the two Hirsches are the same then Hirsch must have survived the Shoah and eventually made Aliyah and remarried there, and then had three other children, Moshe, Zahava, and Rachel.

According to the second report, the first child was born in Wola Batorska, the next two children, including Hirsch, were born in Bochnia, two others were born in Wola Batorska, and the last child was born in Bochnia.  Since my family originated in Bochnia, they may or may not be related, and there are a lot of Rottersman branches who may or may not have been related to my family.

Please look this over and tell me if this second Hirsch could be your ancestor.
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Sheldon Dan
sheldan1955@...

Bernard,

I am attaching a descendants report for Mojzesz Rottersman, Hirsch's father.  There is not much here, and what I got was from JRI-Poland and other sources.

Please check it over and send me your tree with these relatives if you are willing.  We may have a few discrepancies, but it seems that the information is close to what I have.
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Sheldon Dan
sheldan1955@...

I would like to contact the relatives of Ann Leigh who was born HANIA HELFGOTT on 20 Aug 1936 in Piotrkow Tribunali, Poland.  She is a cousin of Sir Ben Helfgott and Mala Tribich of London.  She was liberated from Bergen Belsen with Mala and her mother, Irene Helfgott, on 15 Apr 1945 and later settled with Irene in Australia, where she married and lived in the Melbourne area.  She died a few years ago.  She had at least two sons, one of whom is Philip.

 Many thanks for any leads

Carole Shaw, London UK
SCHNEIDER: Kamanets Podolsk, Ukraine & Libava/ Libau/Liepaja, Latvia
KLUGMAN, GOLDSCHMID (plus variations), BRAUER, JACOBSON: Libava/Libau/Liepaja, Latvia & Johannesburg
ROSENTHAL, ZUSCHNEIDER: Lublin, Poland
GREENBERG, BRZOZA/BJOZHA, SOBERSKI: Lomza/Nowogrod, Poland
SAMSON, BLIK: Amsterdam, Zandvoort, Holland

Hi I am looking for any family members of the Schorr family of Poland Rzeszow. Father was Chaim Schorr and mother Sara Ryfka Schorr (nee Wisnizer) born 1840. She was married to Reuven Weinmann. Necha had 2 sisters Rachel born 1851 and Gittel born 1858 died approx. 1858, also 2 brothers Samuel born 1866 and Abraham born 1870. Neche had 14 children.
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Marvin Bude
61 0413998735
marvin.charles@...

Hello Ellen

To a dispassionate out-sider the story may seem interesting.  To my mother (and hence our family) it was critical - a matter of human survival.

With best wishes

Dave
Sydney, Australia

Searching on my mother's side HERING, HERINGMAN, STEIN and the towns of Brzesc-Kujawski, Wloclawek, Pinczow, Kielce, and Warsaw in Poland

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My name is Michael Weinstein. A sister of my maternal grandmother and some members of her family had lived in Ostrog in the Volyn region of Ukraine (formerly Russia and Poland) until June 1941. The Nazis attacked the village and the family escaped by train to Eastern Russia. They survived and after WWIi migrated to Palestine, later Israel. However, I have no information on the whereabouts during the 3-4 years in Eastern Russia. The main two surnames were Guzman (Guz) and Weinshelboim. Does anyone have suggestions on where to find records or information of where Jewish refugees were detained by the Russians during WWII? Thank you?

Michael Weinstein

I've posted a 4-page letter written by my grandparents probably to my
grandmother's sisters in NY about coming to the US or Canada in 1930.
They were unsuccessful, but ended up in Palestine in 1935. The letter
is 4 postings on ViewMate (1 for each page).

I would appreciate a translation.

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM78600

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM78601

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM78602

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM78603

Thank you,
Nurit Har-zvi
Forest Hills, NY

HERSZENBERG, GOTLIB, ECKSTEIN. IKKA

Someone pointed out to me that I wrote "last name." I meant "first name." My apologies.

Maybe you are already aware of this, but there is a Tomaszow Mazowiecki and a Tomaszow Lubelski. Also, I as far as I know, Apfel and Appel, though similar,  are not identical, meaning they are not just a different spelling of the same name. Good luck!
Vered Dayan
Israel
(I really don't know why the name Flavio Baran is listed as my name up there, no idea who he is.) 
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Miriam Bulwar David-Hay,
Raanana, Israel.
Researching:
BULWAR/BULWA - Rawa Mazowiecka, Lodz.
PELCMAN/PELTZMAN - Rawa Mazowiecka.
ROZENBERG, WEISKOPF - Przedborz, Lodz.
FRENKIEL, FERLIPTER/VERLIEBTER - Belz, Lublin?
KALUSZYNER, KASZKIET, KUSMIERSKI, KUZKA, JABLONKA, SIENNICKI - Kaluszyn, Lodz.
WAKS, BEKIER - Nowe Miasto nad Pilica, Lodz.

During a 50th anniversary celebration, these towns were mentioned during a song. Grandparents came from Russia
between 1900 and 1910. I have been unable to find these towns. Thank you. 

Sheryl Stahl.
Thank you so much for all of your hard work. The area is very special to me. Too bad it became a ghetto and then the site of mass murder. But it stays in my heart. Thanks again.
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Shelley Mitchell 
NYC
searching KONIGSBERG/KINIGSBERG, TERNER, MOLDAUER, SCHONFELD - Kolomyya PLATZ - DELATYN. All Galicia.